Who turned the earth into a competition????!!!!

The tsunami and earthquake double whammy was a heart breaking sight for everyone around the world. I was amazed at the destruction and felt extremely humbled by the scenes. My heart goes out to all the Japanese people and may they have the courage to get through this.

Luckily, none of my Japanese friends had to suffer any personal grief due to this. However, thousands are still suffering as i type this.

The media coverage of the entire incident was quick and informative in the beginning. But as i continued to read the coverage, i was shocked to see how the world has turned into one big rat race. The rat race for economic superiority. The fact that millions are homeless and thousands are dead was only a reason for Japan to face 'difficulty' in getting its economy back to speed.

The first reactions were that the world markets are expected to crash. People seemed to be way more concerned about that than the fact that people were suffering. Reports were out stating that Japanese 'economy' would be greatly affected. Many other countries can be expected to surpass japanese economy. China can expect growth in exports to make up for the temporary shortage of japanese electronic components. Ipad2 might have difficulties in meeting demand as 3 of its key components were shipped from Japan.

Well yes, this news is important. However, is it also that important for us as a human race to keep the economic growth rate ticking. Cant we stop for a moment and make use of a pause button in our lives and actually show concern for the humans suffering in Japan? It seems like economic growth and development has become the ultimate goal of every nation. Each one wants to go one up on the other. So moments like these seem to be windows of opportunities to make the move rather than time to reflect and help rebuild.

This is where i sometimes fail to understand the concept of money. Money is something that has been created by us. But is the cost of money (in economic growth) more valuable than human lives. Who does this planet belong to? What are we here for? What is our ultimate goal? Where do we see ourselves in the future as a race?

Would love to hear your opinion on this.....

Guess who is back!!

Well.......i am getting back to blogging after a long long time.....just had to cos i had too many thoughts which were getting lost in the hard disk of my mind.....i decided its time to stop being lazy and put them all together.....

Well, i am now pursuing my MBA in Boston at Hult International Business School and am halfway through it......the last few months have been awesome and enlightening.....learning about business as much as i am learning about cultures.....internationally as well as indian cultures too....

It seems like a lifetime since i last wrote anything here.....got married since then....friends got married.....traveled around the world....survived terrorism bids on my city, earthquakes, tsunamis etc.....you name it and it all happened during these last few years.

So anyways.....here i am and now im back to make this blog my own.....with my views about everything....sometimes personal sometimes not....the rules are simple.....feel free to comment, appreciation, tear apart or jus put in a random comment of your own on these posts......jus dont spam it.....

so thats all for this one.....rest in next.....